Hello everyone, In this presentation we look into the mysterious dolmens. These structures are found from Europe to Asia, even possibly parts of America. They seem to date from about 4000 to 3000 BC, though it may be argued that a structure like Göbeklitepe is also a dolmen! It is chamber-like and it was found covered up, but in the case of that monument i would say if it WAS a dolmen it was modified and then buried, or it was just a buried 'grave circle'.  A Dolmen is a lot like a pyramid, or a precursor to the pyramid. It is basically a set of stone internal chambers, or rather usually just one chamber, unless we are talking about a 'superdolmen' such as Newgrange. This chamber would contain burial goods such as horn, burnt bone, a few skeletons often in the foetal position, (sometimes found buried standing up, as in the case of the Knocknarrae cemetary!) gold, and other pre-metal age goods such as flints. When it comes to Dolmens we are basically looking at the neolithic. People buried there were said to be farmers, chieftans, never kings or lords!  The dolmens must have had a terrific workload associated with them relative to the size of the societies responsible for building them.  Some of the oldest dolmens are the Hunnebed of Holland and these actually resemble vast giant, or dinosaur skeletons, just fascinating.  We speculate in this video that the dolems are actually neolithic ancestors of the pyramids. We highlight a curious fact not often mentioned when it comes to the Egyptian pyramids. This is that when the Dolmens stop in Europe.... they 'start' in Egypt, in the form of mastabas and possibly, pyramids!  Cheers!  #Dolmens #Neolithic_Age #Stone_Age_Mounds